B2tf's one stop rod shop.......

[Timmeh]

Originally Posted by back2thefutura

ef5l, im not a mechanic, far from it. I know a reasonable amount about cars (granted that knowledge is largely limited to fords), and that would be another challenge for me - learning about vehicles as much as possible. But I enjoy doing that, so its not so much a challenge, more a goal.

It's all well and good to have nice intentions, and don't take offence at what I am about to say, but you'd have to hire some experienced mechanics before I'd bring my car to your 'rod shop', just for the fact that I'd want someone who has done the time building high performance engines. Unless you're just planning to be a re-seller for bolt on mods that you can buy from ebay, then I'd only hand over my car to someone who knows what they are doing. Rebuilding engines is something that I have become addicted to, but if you don't know what you're doing, you spend alot of time working things out.

If I knew the owner of a 'rod shop' had never even pulled the rocker covers off his own cars engine, for example (I don't know if you have or not, but I am just being theoretical), then I wouldn't hesitate to keep looking to find someone who has done the time in apprenticeships and has rebuilt a thousand engines.

I assume insurance would be very expensive, in case you manage to make a hand grenade of someone's engine, whether by mistake, or as a learning experience, and so would a qualified mechanic with experience building engines etc.

I know I sound very negative, but either you're gonna want alot of money to throw at it, have some serious skills yourself and believe in them, or stick to visual mods and re-selling bolt ons.

Whether a town like Wagga can support your good intentions is another factor. I lived there for a little while, and I am not sure. Target the RAAF Base! :eclipsee_

Just thought it was important to bounce these ideas off the wall with you, if you do go ahead with it, all the best with it!

Tim